US EditionRoma Takes the Dakar Lead as Ford Goes One-Two
Nani Roma leads Ford one-two after stage 9 with key rivals losing time due to navigation errors and punctures, while 21-year-old Eryk Goczal wins the stage.
- On Jan 13, Nani Roma led compatriot Carlos Sainz in a Ford one-two after a tough ninth stage in the Saudi Arabian desert with navigation problems reported by drivers.
- On the 410km marathon stage from Wadi Ad Dawasir to the overnight bivouac, 21-year-old Polish non-factory Toyota driver Eryk Goczal won as competitors, including Toyota driver Henk Lategan, faced punctures, a broken windscreen, and loss of power steering.
- Eryk Goczal won the stage, finishing seven minutes ahead of uncle Michal while father Marek placed 31st; Spaniard Tosha Schareina took the motorcycle stage as Luciano Benavides lost the lead to Daniel Sanders.
- Time gaps widened as Dacia's previous leader and five times winner Nasser Al-Attiyah slipped to third, while Sweden's Mattias Ekstrom dropped to fifth, 11 minutes 19 seconds off pace.
- Roma noted that `I had three punctures today, but I think everyone had problems` and the race ends on Saturday on the Red Sea coast as the first round of the World Rally-Raid Championship season.
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At the Dakar Rally on Tuesday, the ninth stage saw a change of leadership in both motorcycle and car classifications! KTM driver Daniel Sanders took second place in the more than 400-kilometre-long section of the Saudi Arabian desert, one of his brand colleague Luciano Benavides.Nani Roma (Ford) took the lead position of Nasser Al-Attiyah (Dacia) in the cars despite several breakdowns.Shareina won the day with the bikersThe Spanish Tosha Scharei…
Rallying-Roma takes the Dakar lead as Ford goes one-two
Jan 13 - Spaniard Nani Roma led compatriot Carlos Sainz in a Ford one-two at the top of the Dakar Rally car standings on Tuesday after a tough ninth stage in the Saudi Arabian desert for some frontrunners. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Next January 13, when the winners of the Dakar 2026 are crowned, we may be talking about the ninth stage (Wadi Ad Dawasir-Maratón Camp Refuge) being the key to the race. And the best news is that the two Spanish drivers have been the great beneficiaries: Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma.wf_cms.rss.read_more
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